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More countries confirm discovery of Zika virus cases

Countries including South Africa and Trinidad and Tobago have confirmed their first cases of Zika virus.

More than 5,000 pregnant women in Colombia have contracted the virus, its government has said.

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More than 5,000 pregnant women in Colombia have Zika

An Aedes Aegypti mosquito, which transmits the Zika virus Credit: Reuters

More than 5,000 pregnant women in Colombia have contracted the Zika virus, bringing the total infections to 31,555, the country's health ministry has said.

The mosquito-borne disease has been linked to the microcephaly in babies, an abnormal smallness of the head which can be due to abnormal brain development.

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